Yes I’ve backyard chickens for since many years and love them !
They lay the most beautiful eggs and all your scraps can go to the chickens instead of going to the bin. I used to have 6 chickens, but I’m down to 3 (2 Leghorns, 1 Isa brown) at the moment, who lay on average 2 eggs a day.

I used to have chickens but found they were quite noisy and I lived in fear that someone would complain as my backyard wasn’t big enough to,meet my local council’s poultry regulations. I now keep Japanese quails for their eggs. Since they are not classified as poultry don’t have any council poultry regulations to abhere to! They are quiet birds and kept easily in a cage. 4 to 6 quail eggs equals a chicken egg in weight. I boil them, poach, scramble, fry or use in baking. They look very elegant added to dishes

Definitely recommended getting a few chooks. The eggs are amazing. Let them free range, and buy or make a small coop for night time and they will just wander in on their own when the sun goes down. Usually in the morning they will have layed an egg to collect. Put out a container of water and shell grit to help support the shell production. I found the poo and mess is minimal and the kids benefit and learn from being involved with the care and maintenance of them aswell.

depends on time of year, heat, stress etc. they are more work than you think, they need dusting for lice, moving around in yard if you can, or lots of scrubbing of roosting areas, and their yard…. Really, I would say suburban backyard no, farm of course – they need to be able to roam, and peck for grubs etc too